Shaving brush



' 1,592,494 7 H. J. KIRKPATRICK Y SHAVING BRUSH July 13,1926.

filed June 16. 1923 INVENTDR Patented July 13, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY J'. KIRKPATRICK, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGN'OR TO THEBOECKH COMPANY, LIMITED, or TORONTO, CANADA.

, SHAVING BRUSH.

Application filed June 16, 1923. Serial No. 645,753.

This invention relates to shaving brushes and my object is to provide abrush that is sanitary, that can be readily sterilized without damagingit and is well balanced and no heavier than the average good brush.

I attain my object by means of the constructions hereinafter describedand illus- The brush knot 1 is dipped in a rubber solution and then setin a ring 2. The pur pose of the ring is to act as a binder to preventthe knotspreading while being set. The metallic handle 3 is hollow andis formed with a segmento-spheroidal portion l adjacent one end, thering 2 being adapted to be seated within this portion 4: to prevent thewithdrawal of the ring through one end of the handle. The preferredmethod of accomplishing this is to' provide a seat 5 at the end of thehandle, which seat is formed by turning in the lower edge of thesegmento-spheroidal portion. Adjacent the upper end of the portion 4;the handle is provided with a bead 6 and from this bead the handleflares outwardly to form a bell mouthed end 7. 7

The mode of assembling the brush is as follows. bristles with its ring 2is passed tlnrough the bell mouthed end 7 of the handle and the ringengaged with the seat 5. It'is obvious that the knot ma be arran ed todirectl V engage the seat 5 instead of indirectlyengaging it. The handleis then held in a vertical position and sealing means, pret erablymolten lead 8 or other readily fusible Theknot of the brush hair ormetal, is filled in or poured over the ring and thebrush knot. Thehandle is preferably formed from spun aluminum and the sealing meansapplied in a plastic or liquid st: e, has a tendency to adhere thereto.but

up su'.nciently far-to be helddown against the brush knot and ringQ bythe incurving oi the sides of the segniento-spliero dal portion Abovethesealingplug 8 the handle is filled with as suitablefilling material suchpowdered cork 9 and the end 7 is sealed as hereinafter described.

1 The bell mouthedend 7 is shaped to form a definite shoulder 10 againstwhich a disk l1 may be seated. The end is closed by a cap -12'having arun which is inwardly rolled against the outer surface of the handleadjacent the. open end, the purpose.

of the dish being to provide formon which the cap rim and the end ofthehandle are inwardly rolled to prevent the hollow handle being crushed induring this inrolling operation. this method a substantially water tlghthollow handle is provided,

and it any-water does get in, the amount would be very small owing tothe space being substantially filled with powdered cork.

' \Vhat I claim as my invention is A shaving brush comprising 'a' hollowmetal handle; a brush knotadaptedto be seated and sealed in. one end ofthe handle;

and a cap adapted to seal the other endof the handle,-; the handle beingfilled with powdered cork to exclude moisture therefrom.

Signed at Toronto, Canada, this8th day of June, 1923.

HENRY J. KIRKPATRICK.

is preferably of such a depth that is extends,

